Finally getting around to sorting my car paintjob...

[slaveofconvention]

I bought this car with a good bit of paintwork required - I've had it around 6 months now, give or take and I've finally built up enough favours owed by the bodyshop I used to work at, and the guys who work there, to get it all done without it costing me, well, anything heh...

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-1.jpg
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-2.jpg
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-3.jpg

Bonnet hasn't been touched yet, but tonight I got 3 doors repaired, and into primer... Hopefully tomorrow, the primer will get rubbed down nice n smooth (hence the black dustcoat) and the wings will get to the same stage the doors are at....

[Mark_Hardware]

what is that? hail damage?

[slaveofconvention]

Road stonechips which were badly repaired and then left for months in British coastal weather - lots of salt n rain...

[slaveofconvention]

And a little more progress....


You get some freaky-ass effects when you use the flash on an autofocus camera in a dust filled room....

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-4.jpg
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http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-9.jpg
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-10.jpg
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-1.jpg
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Hoping to get the repairs & primer finished tomorrow, and paint on thursday - hopefully the car will be done by the end of the week.... Just in time for me to take it to the place I work at the weekend where it'll get coated nose to tail in mud lol

[billygoat333]

what color we painting this beast?

[slaveofconvention]

Beast? lol - hardly - 0-60 takes about 22 seconds - 1.9L diesel, non turbo...

It's going it's stock colour - I'm just putting it back to as close to new condition as I can - it's a silvery blue

http://www.slaveofconvention.com/imagestore/306.jpg

You can't really see in that pic, but it's covered in stonechips which have been badly repaired so they rusted. It also had a pretty hefty dent in the drivers side rear door which is now repaired...

Couple of other pics of damage - I don't have a pic of the big dent lol

Chips on bonnet (these extend right up the whole bonnet or hood)
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/chips.jpg

And a dent in the bonnet too
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/dent.jpg

[billygoat333]

ahhh i see. good job on the bodywork btw. and beast still applies, there are some slow animals out there. :P

[slaveofconvention]

I can't take credit - the guys in the bodyshop are doing it all - not one of them has ever paid to have a computer fixed lol - this is payback time :)

[BerticusPryme]

I see you did the same thing I do. around jan or feb my car goes into the shop for the same thing. mine is going to be alittle more exstensive though.cant wait to see it done man.

[slaveofconvention]

More extensive? This is a full respray heh - I think every panel except one needs paint, and there's no real point doing every panel except one rear quarter :p

[BerticusPryme]

yeah more exstensive. the car is going into a shop for a week. when it comes out the front and rear bumpers will be changed,side skirts added, new headlights,tail lights, exhaust,suspension, rims, tint, and stereo system will be installed. possibly a carbon fiber hood and trunk lid (if money allows). the it starts the paint.

[slaveofconvention]

Just realised, checking this thread that my car sat in primer for almost a month - I only thought it'd been a couple of weeks, tops.... Ah well - there's been some progress at last...


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-16.jpgPrimer wet-sanded smooth

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-17.jpgDoor Trims

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-18.jpgWork in Progress

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-19.jpgPassenger Side

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-20.jpgRear Tailgate

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-21.jpgDrivers Side

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-22.jpgFront

Next comes the roof, rear bumper, front grille, then the whole car needs to be wet-sanded smooth and given a final polish - not too far from done now - hopefully more progress this week....

[SgtM]

Lookin good!

[Luke122]

Love that color too!

[billygoat333]

+1 on the color, that thing is pretty! good work too, you have good connections! lol

[slaveofconvention]

lol - ty - connections are good - in folding pieces of paper, it hasn't cost me a penny either - but it DID cost me a second hand dell, 3 call-outs to a friends house and a website :p

Speaking of connections - just been told I can get free powdercoating any time I want it too.... :D

[Twigsoffury]

lol should of asked for a two tone!!!

looks great man.

the passenger side of my car has more door dings then you can well...shake a door at.

Chicks in college driving your car to school is a :(

makes me want to go out there with a cut off torsion bar and give some people dents back themselves. lol

[slaveofconvention]

Well I'd like to take a moment to thank the little (or big) scumbag who fell on my car last night, did about £250 ($400 us) worth of damage and then wandered off without owning up to it - great Christmas present!


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-23.jpgScratch on bonnet/hood & wing/fender

And while I'm having a little moan, a second thankyou goes to the moron who clipped the car in the car park last week, did ANOTHER £150 ($220ish) worth and, surprise surprise, again, didn't have the balls to take responsibility....


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-24.jpgScratch on rear door & rear wheel arch/quarter panel

[Trace]

Well I'd like to take a moment to thank the little (or big) scumbag who fell on my car last night, did about £250 ($400 us) worth of damage and then wandered off without owning up to it - great Christmas present!


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-23.jpgScratch on bonnet/hood & wing/fender

And while I'm having a little moan, a second thankyou goes to the moron who clipped the car in the car park last week, did ANOTHER £150 ($220ish) worth and, surprise surprise, again, didn't have the balls to take responsibility....


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/slaveofconvention/imagestore/306/306-24.jpgScratch on rear door & rear wheel arch/quarter panel
Dude, unlucky!
You could have your inssurance take care of it, but it might risk it going up.

Does the car park have any video cameras?

[slaveofconvention]

I don't know which car park it was, unfortunately - it's just perfect height for a shopping cart/trolley and I noticed it the morning after I'd been on a christmas shopping marathon.

As for the insurance - they consider it (rightly enough) two seperate incidents, therefore two claims, two excesses (first £200 of any claim) to pay, I'd end up paying 90% of it anyway, and then my insurance would go up next year by about 30%